IP Library Granted Patent US 10,795,224
Granted Patent B2
US 10,795,224 · App. 16/281,673 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Curved display apparatus

Inventor: Hirofumi Iwanaga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
G02F1/13458G02F1/13452G02F1/13454G02F1/133305H05K1/0277
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Patent No.
US 10,795,224
App. No.
16/281,673
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A curved display apparatus includes a display panel curved along a first direction, and an FPC board used for driving the display panel. The FPC board is connected to a side of a curved side of the display panel. The FPC board is provided with the slits for reducing the stress applied to the FPC board.

Claims (33)

1. A curved display apparatus comprising:

a display panel curved along a first direction; and

an FPC (Flexible Printed Circuits) board used for driving the display panel, wherein

the display panel has a curved side that is a side included in a contour of the display panel and is a side curved along the first direction,

the FPC board is connected to a side of the curved side of the display panel,

the FPC board is provided with a slit for reducing a stress applied to the FPC board,

the FPC board has a first end portion and a second end portion that intersect with a second direction orthogonal to the first direction in a plan view,

the first end portion is connected to the display panel,

the first end portion is provided with a terminal portion,

the terminal portion has a dummy terminal not having a function of transmitting a signal, and

the slit extends from the dummy terminal of the terminal portion to the second end portion.

2. The curved display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the slit is provided in a central portion of the FPC board in the first direction.

3. The curved display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second end portion is connected to a circuit board.

4. The curved display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the terminal portion further includes a signal terminal for transmitting a signal, and

a length of the dummy terminal in the second direction is equal to or less than a half of a length of the signal terminal in the second direction.

5. The curved display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the FPC board is curved along the second direction, and

in a central portion of the FPC board in the second direction, another slit extending in the first direction is provided.

6. The curved display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the FPC board is curved along the first direction, and

the FPC board is further curved along the second direction so that the first end portion overlaps the second end portion in a plan view.

7. The curved display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel has a front surface and a rear surface,

the first end portion is connected to the front surface of the display panel, and

the FPC board is curved along the second direction so that the second end portion is present on a rear surface side of the display panel.

8. The curved display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second end portion is provided with another terminal portion, and

the another terminal portion is connected to a circuit board with a connector.

9. The curved display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of FPC boards including the FPC board, wherein

outer shapes of the plurality of FPC boards are the same, and

each of the plurality of FPC boards has a rectangular shape.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: TRIVALE TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 057651/0234 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2019
From: IWANAGA, HIROFUMI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048398/0633 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-039308 · Mar 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190278126A1 · Sep 12, 2019